Hi Everybody.
I am semi-retired management, and living in France. Have done all my electrical work both home and work for forty odd years upto 1/2mega watt. Not qualified, but know 17th very well. I have been forced by insurers to have inspections, but never needed remedial work. OK I missed a few 240/440v stickers! I am now getting to grips with the French way of doing things. I could tell a few stories already. It's often deadly here. Our predecessor at this house was brown bread from electrics (no details available). I like the MCBs breaking both phase & neutral, no more annoyances working with the neutral. I hate unfused plugs, and lack of fused spurs. I can live without rings. In certain circumstances eight sockets on 2.5mm2 is acceptable. Ditto four on 1.5! Curiously T&E is not permissable because the earth is not the same diameter as the conductors! Must be a lot of very big earth faults without any fusing here abouts.......
I am semi-retired management, and living in France. Have done all my electrical work both home and work for forty odd years upto 1/2mega watt. Not qualified, but know 17th very well. I have been forced by insurers to have inspections, but never needed remedial work. OK I missed a few 240/440v stickers! I am now getting to grips with the French way of doing things. I could tell a few stories already. It's often deadly here. Our predecessor at this house was brown bread from electrics (no details available). I like the MCBs breaking both phase & neutral, no more annoyances working with the neutral. I hate unfused plugs, and lack of fused spurs. I can live without rings. In certain circumstances eight sockets on 2.5mm2 is acceptable. Ditto four on 1.5! Curiously T&E is not permissable because the earth is not the same diameter as the conductors! Must be a lot of very big earth faults without any fusing here abouts.......
